Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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In class we learned about grids. About how nothing is as complicated as it seems. It’s just a lot of structured order and then some overlapping parts to make it look cool. She said as we looked over magazine layouts, gazing over huge bold headlines something that her teacher once told her. The sweet acknowledgement…
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“Purely verbal thinking is the prototype of thoughtless thinking, the automatic recourse to connections retrieved from storage. It is useful but sterile.” -Rudolph Arnheim, Visual Thinking Visual thinking is superior because like when you draw something, you distill it to its essence, something that takes a quick analysis. Determining what’s necessary to make the object…
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The making of the video component for Sierra Club’s Best Internship on Earth (aka Outdoor Youth Ambassador)–Please vote here http://content.sierraclub.org/bestinternship/content/katarina-best-intern-earth— 2012: My friends and I went adventuring last weekend and I documented it and used some of it in this video. On Saturday, we went rollerblading at Magnuson park. It was a beautiful day, so to…
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I don’t sketch a lot. It detracts a lot from the spontaneity of the work. But, I don’t think people want spontaneous design. I think that’s an oxymoron. Design is a mindset. It’s solving a problem, shaping an experience, optimizing environment. It may look spontaneous, and a couple of my teachers would assert that if…
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Meeting, the Film project (for more on this project, check out last week’s blog post) Co-directing this project with Pete, we learned a lot about the value of good vibes on the set. The amount of beer and silliness inherent in the production led to a great experience with friends in an interesting situation. The…
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Yoksabet View more PowerPoint from basementcat (view small, low resolution) I created this alphabet poster for my friend and muse, Dan Helton. We created this character named Yoks (short for Yokoso, I often call him, Mr.Yoks). This character is based off of Dan’s stuffed animal who is a baby horse. (Some people say pony, and some…
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This was a fun project. A four-parter: untouched photograph, retouched photograph, found object/ filter utilization, and abstract. Some quick fixes to any portrait: brighten up the whites of the eyes and teeth, smooth the skin, eliminate extraneous hair, whether that is flyaways or stubble and use liquefy tool sparingly. Filters can be your…
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This morning, my mind was blown by the small god-gift of the perfect pattern. I was browsing at Blick’s Art Supply, looking for the right off-white paper for Sutherland Creative’s letterhead –I chose Lily! — When I was also keeping an eye open for a lining for my envelope. The design of my suite so…
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